Why the preference for Skilled Couples is rational?
FY Planning Level is the total planned migrant intake for the FY.
For example for coming FY2024-25, planning Level for Subclass 189 is 16,900 places.
An EOI can consist of multiple applicants: Primary, Secondary and Children. When a visa is granted, all applicants contained in the application get a grant, and each applicant consumes one planning level spot.
Why do Skilled Partners offer the best deal?
Take a family of 2 (primary + secondary)
• Unskilled Partner: If secondary partner is unskilled, then you only get 1 skilled person for every 2 planning level places used (50% efficiency)
• Single Applicant: If primary applicant is single, then in future he/she will marry. Looking at trends and patterns around us, we can assume that a typical single migrant to AU has a 50% probability of marrying a skilled partner. Therefore we get 1.5 skilled people for every 2 planning level spots used (75% efficiency)
• AU Citizen/PR Partner: Whether the partner is skilled or unskilled, it doesnt matter since they are AU Citizen/PR Parnter. Therefore a grant in this case will always consume 1 planning spot (100% efficiency)
• Skilled Partner: You get 2 skilled people for 2 planning levels consumed (100% efficiency). From a life time outcomes perspective (and my own research), skilled couples offers an even better deal than having an AU partner, even though both have 100% efficiency in planning level use.
Therefore, the ranking in terms of efficient use of planning level places is:
⚡️ Skilled Couples > AU Partner > Single > Unskilled Partner.
Reference:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/australiavisagrants/permalink/1107811616977660/?mibextid=W9rl1R